Country profile
Lesotho
Africa · Capital: Maseru · Currency: Lesotho loti (LSL), South African rand (ZAR)
Lesotho is a country in Africa, with its capital at Maseru. It has a GDP of $2.39B (2024), a population of 2.4M (2025), a GDP per capita of $1,023.
- GDP
- $2.39B
- GDP per capita
- $1,023
- Population
- 2.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $3,184
2024 · #178 of 200
2024 · #184 of 200
2025 · #144 of 216
2025 · #171 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $2.39B2024 · #178
- GDP per capita
- $1,0232024 · #184
- GDP growth
- 5.22%2024 · #37
- Inflation
- 6.11%2024 · #139
- Unemployment
- 16.32%2025 · #169
- Population
- 2.4M2025 · #144
- GDP (PPP)
- $7.53B2025 · #158
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $3,1842025 · #171
- Gini index
- 44.92017 · #145
- Government debt
- 49%2026 · #81
People
- Median age
- 23.9 yrs2024 · #179
- Fertility rate
- 2.7 children/woman2024 · #68
- Urbanization
- 44.7%2025 · #162
- Net migration
- −5,192/yr2025 · #136
- Life expectancy
- 57.8 yrs2024 · #212
- HDI
- 0.5502023 · #167
- Homicide rate
- 38.2 per 100k2008
Money
- Corporate tax
- 25%2024 · #75
Figures
- Internet users
- 51.8%2024 · #144
- CO₂ per capita
- 0.4 t2024 · #166
- Area
- 30,355 km²#143
- Population density
- 78 /km²2025 · #124
- McDonald's
- 02024
- Unicorn startups
- 02026-03
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 74 destinations2026 · #120
- Corruption index
- 37/1002024 · #100
- Military spending
- 1.6%2024 · #77
- Renewable energy
- 33.6%2021 · #74